Twelve months checkpoint

Progress is being made but often it isn't very photographically obvious.
The photos were taken towards the end of January, quite some time after the last posting, and show the 'obvious' bits...

(Since then I have tracked to one of my other homes away from home...this is being put together on the edge of the Namibia desert! Just hoping the Internet connection can survive it!)

So we now almost have a bathroom on the mezzanine level. The bath and plumbing is in and there is also a loo ( behind the door!) The vanity and sink are (obviously) still to be fitted. Looks a bit different to the photo in the blog some time ago when you could see through to the floor below!!

Opposite the bathroom, the shower room just awaits its glass screen (and a gas connection to heat the water).

The kitchen is at last just about sorted, with cabinets partly put together and trialled in the space...yes it will work! Hard to see in this state, but next step... The oven, hot plates and dishwasher are ordered and can be put in when the next phase of cabinet construction is completed. ie doors and drawers and handles and...

The stairs have actually had some work done on them although there is a long way to go...it took hours of painstaking work to remove the old linoleum from the stair treads, but now we can see wood which will be sanded and coated. New noses and sides are necessary for the new balustrading (we found one old photo!) and banister. Work should start on that this month too. Meanwhile the mezzanine level floor is the last bit of floor boarding...

Have to say at this point that my expertise with Blogger is limited at the best of times, but I am struggling moreso trying to do it on my iPad... Apologies for the layout. Maybe I will adjust later...






One of the things we were hoping to do was preserve the tiling of the front verandah. Closer examination of the tiles that were original revealed that most of them were in fact cracked or broken and there was no way we were going to be able to rescue enough to even make a meaningful area. So we decided to rescue some while we could and have used them to make the hearth for the dining room fireplace - the one with the cedar mantelpiece that we found in Islington (Islington Newcastle that is). We have numerous photos of the tiling that is on the verandah and will endeavour to replicate at least in style. The later addition concrete slabs will not be part of the design!

Now the guest bedrooms that don't have ensuite have their period vanity basin at least, they just need the period taps to complete the item. Pics next time.

Some rooms are still storage facilities...others are still workrooms, but we have come a long way in twelve months!